Dec 4 Local Hospice must raise £30,000 to fund Christmas Day for patients living with a terminal illness

St Barnabas Hospice have launched a campaign to raise £30,000 this month to carefor patients on Christmas Day

Lincoln, 4 th December 2017 – It will cost £30,136.98 this year for St Barnabas to care forLincolnshire patients who are living with a life-limiting or terminal illness, on Christmas Day.

To get everyone in the festive spirit and raise some much needed money for the Hospice, StBarnabas has launched a ‘Twelve Days of Care at Christmas’ campaign, asking fordonations for a variety of expenses.

The Hospice is asking people to think about the money they spend at Christmas, and to re-direct some of it as an act of goodwill. Whether people can buy one less bottle of wine orpresent and donate the spare money, or whether they can give a bit more and cover the costof a nurse on Christmas Day, every little really will help at such a difficult time of year.

Other ideas include: organising a Christmas Jumper Day at work, paying £20.93 to fund aminute of care on Christmas Day, or halving your Secret Santa money and giving the otherhalf to the Hospice.

“Christmas time is extremely difficult in a hospice for the patients, their families and even thestaff. At St Barnabas, it is very important to us that we create lasting memories for the wholefamily.

“People don’t often realise how much it costs the Hospice to ensure the care we provide isfree for everyone, and we rely heavily on our wonderful supporters and fundraisers. Theiramazing efforts mean that we can continue providing this care to the people of Lincolnshirewhen they need it the most.”

To help share the message about the variety of costs St Barnabas Hospice will incur thisChristmas, staff and volunteers from across the Hospice have joined together to sing ‘TheTwelve Days of Care at Christmas’ to the tune of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. They arereleasing segments of this each day across their social media channels, but the full musicvideo can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/w2KguWrOhZc